Gratitude

One of the biggest lessons yoga has taught me is being grateful; it started for me to be grateful to practice yoga and grateful for what my body can do, not what it cannot do.  On this day of gratitude that is celebrated, mostly in the United States, I am grateful for being able to take a walk this morning; the sun was bright and the temperature was about 40 degrees.   I enjoyed the views I had and felt inspired to walk up and down those stairs (well only once).  IMG_3328IMG_3331

My Morning Ritual

Since the beginning of January, this has been my morning ritual.   I used to practice at night, but when your pulmonologist tells you to do more cardio, you do more cardio, and most of my evenings are at the gym.    A morning yoga practice it is.

Even though I am more stiff in the morning, I have come to love practicing in the morning.  It is peaceful right now before the sun rises.  I get up to feed Athena (my cat) and then go unroll the mat.  I try to do 30 minutes, but some mornings a few rounds of sun salutations works out just fine.

Do you have a morning ritual?

 

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